Spend 5 minutes making the candidate feel at ease. Spend 1 hour pair programming (using a remote collaboration editor, something like collabnet) on a real worl

Spend 5 minutes making the candidate feel at ease. Spend 1 hour pair programming (using a remote collaboration editor, something like collabnet) on a real world problem, perhaps a feature you've already built and shipped. Spend 15 minutes on a STAR[1] formatted question, such as "Tell me about a time you had to work closely with a developer, but it was a frustrating collaboration." Spend 10 minutes letting them ask questions and try to leave them with a positive brand experience and feeling good about the interview. Interviewing is super difficult and uses skills not often used as a coder. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation,_Task,_Action,_Result https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation,_Task,_Action,_Resul...